Longtime allies face off in Fulton commission race | www.myajc.com

For years Democratic Fulton County Commissioners Emma Darnell and Bill Edwards have seemed inseparable.

They sit side by side at commission meetings. Their views on various issues are so similar that a meeting rarely passes without one or both saying “I agree with” the other a few times. Neither is afraid to lambaste powerful political adversaries, especially Republicans in the General Assembly.

Now, after more than a decade of working together, Darnell and Edwards face unexpected foes in the May 20 primary election: each other. Thanks to a redistricting plan drafted by the north Fulton Republicans they have often clashed with, only one can return to the board of commissioners next year to represent south Fulton in the redrawn District 6.

But if anyone expected an entertaining brawl between the two longtime allies, they’ve been disappointed. Both prefer to run on their lengthy records in public office, rather than against each other.

“I’m running for the seat,” Edwards said. “I ain’t running against Emma.”

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